{"id":25880,"date":"2023-01-16T13:29:25","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T19:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/?p=25880"},"modified":"2023-01-16T13:29:25","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T19:29:25","slug":"obit-watch-january-16-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/?p=25880","title":{"rendered":"Obit watch: January 16, 2023."},"content":{"rendered":"

Gina Lollobrigida<\/a>. THR<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A 1955 film, \u201cLa Donna Pi\u00f9 Bella del Mondo\u201d (\u201cThe Most Beautiful Woman in the World\u201d \u2014 a term some in Hollywood came to use about Ms. Lollobrigida herself), released in the United States as \u201cBeautiful but Dangerous,\u201d brought Ms. Lollobrigida her first major acting award: the David di Donatello, Italy\u2019s equivalent of the Oscar. She won the Donatello twice more, for \u201cVenere Imperial\u201d (1962), in a tie with Silvana Mangano, and for \u201cBuona Sera, Mrs. Campbell,\u201d in a tie with Monica Vitti.<\/a>
\nMs. Lollobrigida was always considered more a sex symbol than a serious actress \u2014 at least by the American press \u2014 but she was also nominated for a BAFTA award as best foreign actress in \u201cPane, Amore e Fantasia\u201d (1953). She received Golden Globe nominations for \u201cBuona Sera, Mrs. Campbell\u201d in 1969 and for a recurring role on the prime-time television soap \u201cFalcon Crest\u201d in 1985.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Al Brown<\/a>. Other credits<\/a> include “12 Monkeys” (the Gilliam film, not the TV series), “Forensic Files”, “The F.B.I. Files”, and something called “Fartcopter”.<\/p>\n

Charles White<\/a>, 1979 Heisman Trophy winner with U.S.C.<\/p>\n

White, who went on to play eight seasons in the N.F.L., was part of U.S.C.\u2019s lineage of elite running backs, four of whom also won the Heisman: Marcus Allen, O.J. Simpson, Mike Garrett and Reggie Bush. White\u2019s 6,245 rushing yards exceed the 4,810 gained by Allen, who ranks second on U.S.C.\u2019s all-time list.<\/a>
\nWhite was not especially big or fast; rather than elude defenders, he bulled his way through them. And he was a workhorse: In 1978, he rushed 374 times (65 more than anyone else in the N.C.A.A.\u2019s top ranks) for 1,859 yards. The next year he ran for 2,050.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

…<\/p>\n

White was chosen by the Cleveland Browns in the first round of the N.F.L. draft in 1980, but in four seasons, he never rushed for more than 342 yards. After he was released by the Browns, he was signed by the Rams, who were then coached by Robinson, for the 1985 season.<\/a>
\nHis first two seasons with the Rams were uneventful, but he was spectacular in 1987, carrying the ball 324 times for a league-leading 1,374 yards and 11 touchdowns. However, the season was tainted by a 24-day players\u2019 strike, during which games were played largely by nonunion replacements for three weeks. White was one of a group of players who crossed the union\u2019s picket lines.<\/a>
\nHe started the 1988 season serving his four-game suspension and never regained his starting job. He gained only 323 yards that year, and Greg Bell led the Rams with 1,212 rushing yards.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He also struggled with substance abuse and dementia (possibly caused by CTE). He was 64 and died of esophageal cancer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gina Lollobrigida. THR. A 1955 film, \u201cLa Donna Pi\u00f9 Bella del Mondo\u201d (\u201cThe Most Beautiful Woman in the World\u201d \u2014 a term some in Hollywood came to use about Ms. Lollobrigida herself), released in the United States as \u201cBeautiful but Dangerous,\u201d brought Ms. Lollobrigida her first major acting award: the David di Donatello, Italy\u2019s equivalent […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,16,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movies","category-obits","category-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25880"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25886,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25880\/revisions\/25886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}